The Green Crescent organizes the International Green Crescent Cartoon Contest to raise awareness and draw the attention of people in the world, in our country, and particularly young people to addictions. The contest, the 9th of which will be held this year, will include cartoonists from all over the world who will convey to society the touching messages they create with a trace of humor between the lines.

Topic of the Contest: "One Person Gambles, Everyone Loses".

Gambling addiction is not merely a personal issue; it poses a broader public health concern. In light of this, the theme for this year's International Green Crescent Cartoon Contest is "One Person Gambles, Everyone Loses", aimed at raising awareness and engaging young people worldwide in addiction prevention efforts.

As part of this theme, we invite cartoonists to create humorous yet impactful illustrations that underscore the crucial role of family and community in preventing gambling addiction. The aim is to demonstrate that gambling addiction affects not only individuals but society as a whole. These cartoons should convey a strong, compelling message about the far-reaching and harmful consequences of addiction, highlighting its broad societal impact.

TERMS and CONDITIONS
NUMBER OF WORKS
Up to 3 works can be sent, published works may be participated in, provided that they are not awarded.

SIZE
A4 or A3

TECHNIQUE
Cartoons will be prepared in black and white or color, hand drawn by using free technique or digitally in computer.

LANGUAGE
Turkish or English (text will be used if necessary, but not visual / verbal).

AWARDS
1st prize winner will receive 75.000 TRY.
2nd prize winner will receive 60.000 TRY.
3rd prize will receive 45.000 TRY.
Additionally, 30.000 TRY will be awarded to the 3 Success Prizes winners each.
Mazhar Osman Special Award winner will receive 75.000 TRY.
The ‘Under 16’ category, taking submissions this year for the first time, will earn 3 winners 20,000 TRY.
- All award winning artists will be given a plaque and travel and accommodation costs will be covered.

PARTICIPATION
The artist must send his cartoons on website, no later than January 19, 2025.
- Cartoons' digital files must be max 5 MB, 300 dpi, JPG, A4 or A3 format.
- Green Crescent can use the cartoons participating in the race in any way he wants. It does not create any copyright for these works.

COPYRIGHT
- All the works applied for the contest will not be returned to the applicants regardless of whether they have been placed in the rankings or not, and all the financial and moral rights arranged in the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works (public communication, public offering, specifying name, prohibiting any change in the work with devices for processing, duplicating, dissemination, representation, sign, sound and / or image transfer) will be undertaken by the Turkish Green Crescent Society without being subject to restrictions of inland or out land place, content, course, duration and number. The Turkish Green Crescent Society is entitled exclusively on all the works, those rights and authorizations can be used both for the entire original work or/and its entire processing and for a part of the original work or/and a part of the processing.
- Originals of all the works entered in the contest will be delivered to the Turkish Green Crescent Society before the award ceremony by the authors of the works.
- The Turkish Green Crescent Society has the right to use all the works applied for the contest as any kind of promotional materials such as posters, catalogues, brochures, booklets etc.
- All kinds of legal responsibilities that may arise from the reproduction of works from other sources (not original work) and plagiarism belong to the contestant. In case of any damage to the Green Crescent due to these reasons, the relevant contestant will cover all the damages caused to the Green Crescent. If such a situation is detected, the prize will be withdrawn even if the contestant is awarded. In such a case, the contestant will reimburse the price paid as a reward to the Green Crescent accounts within 10 days from the first demand of the Green Crescent.
- All the works applied for the contest must not have been awarded in any contest. If such a situation is detected, the prize will be withdrawn even if the contestant is awarded. In such a case, the contestant will reimburse the price paid as a reward to the Green Crescent accounts within 10 days from the first demand of the Green Crescent.
- All kinds of legal responsibilities arising from the use of unoriginal texts, contents, designs, images, music etc. sent for the contest belong to the contestant.
- Participants of this contest are considered to have accepted the conditions of the contest. The discretion of the issues that are not found in the application belong to the Turkish Green Crescent Society. Participants are counted to have accepted these conditions.

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